First Ivan Provorov and now James Reimer. The task was simple: wear a pride jersey during warmups as part of an organizational statement that supports the LGBTQIA+ community and makes them feel welcome within the hockey community, a community that has a track record of less-than-tolerant attitudes up to the present day. I'd argue ice… Continue reading It’s Not About a Shirt

I was on a Zoom call with a friend talking about a new writing project, and we enable the auto-captioning to create a transcript in case we say anything while talking that we might want later while writing. The discussion went off the writing and into a general state of affairs piece that I enjoyed… Continue reading Epistemology – A Discussion on Why We Know Things and the Impact on Debates

A simple but painful truth rarely acknowledged is that I do not have a voice. My Twitter following is small. Celtic Riverside has a very limited readership. Even in my personal and professional lives, much of what I say falls on deaf ears. It's such a true statement that my youngest brother treats it as… Continue reading The Fates of Twitter and Celtic Riverside Are Inexorably Linked

In the second episode of House's first season, Eric Foreman explains to a family while seeking informed consent: Look, I'm sorry. I can explain this as best I can, but the notion that you're gonna fully understand your son's treatment and make an informed decision is... is kind of insane. Here's what you need to… Continue reading A Question for Joe Rogan (i.e., “Free Thinkers”): Why?

I meant to write a tweet and then could not find the way to phrase it. The thoughts persisted and revisited tweeting something about it several times, but always the same block. What compels me to want to share this with my Twitter friends? I have no idea, but the thoughts continue. While I do… Continue reading Part of Your World: Some Personal Thoughts on Sex, Gender, and Identity